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  Habibullah Siraji undergoes surgery

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:36pm on April 28, 2021

  Poet and director general of Bangla Academy Habibullah Siraji underwent surgery at Bangladesh Specialized Hospital on Tuesday night. KM Mujahidul Islam, director at Bangla Academy,...

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  Habibullah Siraji shifted to ICU

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:21pm on April 27, 2021

  Poet and Bangla Academy director general Habibullah Siraji was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of Bangladesh Specialized Hospital on Tuesday. Siraji, 72, is suffering...

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  In Iraqi Kurdistan, book clubs and science fiction offer ‘escape’

  Agence France-Presse . Arbil | Updated at 10:04pm on April 25, 2021

  Huda Kathem waits anxiously for feedback on her first novel, scrutinised by a book club in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Arbil, where young authors are breathing new...

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  Ailing Bulbul Chy seeks PM’s support for treatment

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:03pm on April 25, 2021

  Ekushey Padak-winning fiction writer Bulbul Chowdhury, who is suffering from lung cancer, is seeking financial support from prime minister Sheikh Hasina for his treatment abroad....

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  Sagar Sharma’s Kalahaninad available at bookshops

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:31pm on April 23, 2021

  Aspiring poet Sagar Sharma’s collection of poems entitled Kalahaninad is now available at different bookshops and online platforms. Kalahaninad contains 59 poems. It was published...

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  Bengali poet Sankha Ghosh dies of Covid-19

  United News of Bangladesh . New Delhi | Updated at 02:39pm on April 21, 2021

  Renowned Bengali poet Sankha Ghosh, widely known by his pen name Kuntak, died at his home in Kolkata, India on Wednesday morning. He was 89....

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  Anwarul’s Surjer Ghorer Namota hits bookshops

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:22pm on April 18, 2021

  Poet Mohammad Anwarul Kabir’s collection of poems entitled Surjer Ghorer Namota is now available at bookshops and online platforms. Surjer Ghorer Namota, published by Anupranan...

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  DU VC mourns death of Shamsuzzaman Khan

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 08:32pm on April 14, 2021

  Dhaka University vice-chancellor Md Akhtaruzzaman on Wednesday expressed deep shock at the death of folklorist and Bangla Academy president Shamsuzzaman Khan. In a message, the...

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  Bangla Academy president Shamsuzzaman Khan dies

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 03:17pm on April 14, 2021

  Folklorist and Bangla Academy president Shamsuzzaman Khan died of COVID-19 while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka on Wednesday noon. He was 81. Bangla...

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  Ekushey Book Fair ends today

  Tanzil Rahaman | Updated at 12:50am on April 12, 2021

  The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair ends today two days before the scheduled time amid the COVID-19 surge. On Sunday, several stalls were found closed...